The Rithmatist/Statistical analysis

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This page contains a statistical analysis of The Rithmatist.

Chapter by Chapter BreakdownEdit

Chapter Character Word Count Percentage
Prologue Lilly Whiting 507 0.58%
Part One
Chapter 1 Joel Saxon 4,548 5.19%
Chapter 2 Joel Saxon 1,632 1.86%
Chapter 3 Joel Saxon 2,477 2.82%
Chapter 4 Joel Saxon 2,899 3.31%
Chapter 5 Joel Saxon 2,133 2.43%
Chapter 6 Joel Saxon 3,604 4.11%
Part One Total 17,293 19.72%
Part Two
Chapter 7 Joel Saxon 2,995 3.42%
Chapter 8 Joel Saxon 1,312 1.50%
Chapter 9 Joel Saxon 4,086 4.66%
Chapter 10 Joel Saxon 4,657 5.31%
Chapter 11 Joel Saxon 5,523 6.30%
Chapter 12 Joel Saxon 4,291 4.89%
Chapter 13 Joel Saxon 3,654 4.17%
Chapter 14 Joel Saxon 3,196 3.64%
Part Two Total 29,714 33.89%
Part Three
Chapter 15 Joel Saxon 4,700 5.36%
Chapter 16 Joel Saxon 3,811 4.35%
Chapter 17 Joel Saxon 3,890 4.44%
Chapter 18 Joel Saxon 3,184 3.63%
Chapter 19 Joel Saxon 2,133 2.43%
Chapter 20 Joel Saxon 3,965 4.52%
Chapter 21 Joel Saxon 4,092 4.67%
Chapter 22 Joel Saxon 2,981 3.40%
Chapter 23 Joel Saxon 4,090 4.66%
Chapter 24 Joel Saxon 2,003 2.28%
Chapter 25 Joel Saxon 3,295 3.76%
Fitch 703 0.80%
Joel Saxon 784 0.89%
Fitch 318 0.36%
Joel Saxon 220 0.25%
Part Three Total 40,169 45.81%

Unique POV BreakdownEdit

Character (3) # of POVs (30) % of Total POVs Word Count (87,683) % of Word Count
Joel Saxon 27 90.00% 86,155 98.26%
Fitch 2 6.67% 1,021 1.16%
Lilly Whiting 1 3.33% 507 0.58%
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